Take eight minutes to listen to this important NPR piece, "Teachers' Expectations Can Predict How Students Perform," to get some research and insights on how teachers and parents have to monitor what and how teachers speak to students.
Tuesday, 30 April 2013
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Click here for a great example of a Pecha Kucha from my friend Dan Pink.
Friday, 19 April 2013
How nice it is to hear from the graduates of our school. "Portrait of a Graduate" is a video we recently made, featuring some of them. Click over to see this 6-minute gem.
Monday, 15 April 2013
Office Buildings
The towering giants of corporate companies,
watching the tiny ants mill around the busy city
streets where you can smell the greasy soft
pretzels that the tourists buy. The businessmen
walk by swiftly, already late for their job in the giant
building, in a cubicle, sitting next to people they don’t
know and will never try to find out because all they
want to do is do their job like robots, not noticing,
suffocating under the heavy suit and tie.
But then they come home to their families,
and they are normal people
not ants, not robots
just people.
Tiger
Caged Tiger
Pacing back and forth,
Waiting for the food that I didn’t kill,
Ready to eat.
The fence has sparks that I can’t touch.
I can hear it humming.
People are making noise while I’m trying to sleep.
My eyes hurt from the blinking lights.
I can smell prey around me but I can’t hunt it.
My stomach is full but I feel empty.
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
What the heck does it mean?
If you teach or have a tween-something and you imbibe in IMing aka texting, you must listen to this 10-minute message from Adam Gopnik's March 12, 2013 LOL bit.
I promise you, you will love it laughing.
Friday, 5 April 2013
Much like my essay "Rethinking the 'F' Word," Montessori Learning in the 21st Century does such a good job about helping parents understand failure.
The author says, "Parents need to develop an attitude of 'friendliness with error.' This means allowing your child the opportunity to learn through natural, spontaneous 'errors' or 'mistakes.' Messes are a part of learning. Don't be afraid of them!"
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